11. Mike Singletary, LB : Two-time Defensive Player of the Year (1985, 1988) captained great defenses of the 1980s. Made the Hall of Fame in 1998.

10. MIKE DITKA (1961-66), Hall of Fame: 1988 All-Pro: 4 | Pro Bowls: 6 | NFL titles: 1 (1963). An expert blocker, Ditka set new standards for tight ends by averaging 62 catches, 918 yards, 14.8 yards per catch and 7.5 TDs in his first four seasons. NFL Rookie of the Year in 1961. First tight end in the Hall of Fame.

6. BILL GEORGE (middle), LB (1952-65). Hall of Fame: 1974 | All-Pro: 8 Pro Bowls: 8 | NFL titles: 1 (1963). Popularized, if not invented, the middle linebacker position by dropping off the line from his ''middle guard'' position in 1954 and became a perennial All-Pro. Had 18 interceptions and 15 fumble recoveries. Also kicked four FGs and 14-of-15 PATs.

5. CLYDE 'BULLDOG' TURNER, C (1940-52) Hall of Fame: 1966 | All-Pro: 8 NFL titles: 4 (1940, '41, '43, '46). Heady, quick center/linebacker was a powerful blocker and great all-around player and leader. Returned INT for a TD in the 73-0 rout of the Skins in the 1940 title game. Led the NFL with eight interceptions in 1942. Only carry went for 48-yard TD.

4. GALE SAYERS, RB (1965-71) Hall of Fame: 1977 | All-Pro: 5 | Pro Bowls: 5 NFL titles: None. Most exciting, elusive runner ever in the NFL when he entered the league in 1965, scoring a rookie record 22 TDs. Scored 48 TDs in first 50 games. A record six TDs on KO returns. Led the NFL in rushing (1,032 yards) in 1969 after devastating knee injury.

3. DICK BUTKUS, LB (1965-73) Hall of Fame (1979) | All-Pro: 7 Pro Bowls: 8 | NFL Titles: None. His well-earned reputation as one of the meanest, most brutal players in NFL history often overshadows the fact that Butkus was an incredibly instinctive linebacker with a nose for the ball. The Vocational graduate still is third on the NFL's all-time list for fumble recoveries (25) and second in takeaways (47, including 22 interceptions). Was a long snapper on punts as a rookie.

2. SID LUCKMAN, QB (1939-50) Hall of Fame: 1965 | All-Pro: 5 NFL Titles: 4 (1940, 1941, 1943, 1946): Luckman's mastery of the T-formation sparked the Bears to unprecedented dominance in the 1940s. NFL MVP in 1943, when he set NFL marks for TD passes (28, including 7 in one game) and yards (2,194) and threw 5 TD passes in 41-21 rout of the Redskins in the NFL championship game; his 19-yard TD run on a then-revolutionary bootleg won the 1946 title. Still the Bears all-time leader in passing yards (14,686) and TD passes (137).

1. WALTER PAYTON, RB (1975-87) Hall of Fame: 1993 | All-Pro: 5 | Pro Bowls: 9 | NFL Titles: 1 (1985): Considered by many the greatest all-around running back in football history, ''Sweetness'' was a physical, punishing, yet durable runner, a superb blocker, receiver and teammate who always gave his offensive linemen the credit they deserved. Payton set 16 NFL records, including career marks for rushing yards (16,726) and rushing TDs (110); Also threw for eight TDs on halfback passes; led the NFL in kick returns (31.7 yards) as a rookie in 1975. NFL MVP in 1977 (1,852 yards, 14 TDs) when he set an NFL single-game rushing mark with 275 vs. the Vikings. Played in 198 of 199 career games, including the last 194 in a row.